6. Thomas Piketty and His Critics
Does the success of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” mean that the traditional Democratic economic agenda is dead?

7. Doubling Down on C.E.O. Pay
Chipotle’s pay packages and unusual co-chief executive arrangement are drawing scrutiny from investors who will vote on two measures at the annual meeting related to executive compensation.

4. Two Giant Banks, Seen as Immune, Become Targets
Prosecutors are investigating Credit Suisse for offering tax shelters and BNP Paribas for helping blacklisted countries, seeking to criminally punish the banks without putting them out of business and damaging the economy.

5. Slow Going on Overhaul of Mortgage Finance
The Senate Banking Committee is drafting a bill that would dismantle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and create a federal regulator called the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation.

9. Soured Mortgages Attract Institutional Dollars
As housing prices rise in many of the markets hurt most by the financial crisis, institutional investors are moving away from buying foreclosed homes and starting to buy troubled mortgages.

16. How did we get into this permanent war? An understated but powerful inquiry into how one sentence passed by Congress in grief and anger morphed into the legal justification for a perpetual war. Radio Lab “60 Words” and the article by Gregory Johnsen of BuzzFeed that inspired the show.